Another newish release in Germania Mint's 2oz coloured cast bar program is this beautiful bar adorned with the art of Polish experimental photographer, Maciej Mańkowski. This artist uses daggeography, which, through the mix of oxidising and colouration, gives an intensely shiny backdrop to the image. The bar is called Butterfly I, and is a beautiful, really showing off [...]
The latest release from Asturmint as part of the Germania Mint's 2oz coloured cast bar program is this superb debut issue in The Outer Space series. Called The Astronaut, it depicts a futuristic human astronaut on an alien planet, another planet filling the sky because of its proximity. Terrific artwork, which bodes well for a series with [...]
A Norse maiden, a naval captain, a lucky pussy, and an undead pope, means it can only be Mint of MK One of the most innovative and quirky producers out there, Mint of MK is also quite prolific, regularly releasing a coin every week or so, rather than in tranches. They keep us busy here, and [...]
Numiscollect's innovative Dot Art & Pointillism series has just launched its sixth coin, and it continues to surprise with its wide range of subjects. Pointillism was developed by Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac, both Frenchmen working in Paris in the mid-1880’s, from principles discovered by French chemist, Michel Eugène Chevreul. It involves the creation [...]
Berlin WMF 25: Time and space, along with a little death, mark our second look at Mint XXI's latest winter launch After yesterday's look at three of the new coins from Mint XXI's winter release in time for the Berlin World Money Fair, we're back for another three, and this time, it's a solitary addition to [...]
Berlin WMF 25: Mint XXI kicks off the year with over a dozen new coins. Here's our first look at three of them. The 2025 World Money Fair in Berlin kicks off next week, and the big producers are announcing their first big releases of the year. One of those we most look forward to [...]
The two-ounce coloured cast bar selection continues to expand into new themes with the release of a new offering from the Royal Kraków Mint. This producer already issues an attractive 'Big Five of Africa' series, of which two are currently available, and they were amongst the first to move away from the use of ancient mythology as a [...]
The four-piece 'Angelic Weapons' range debuts the Sword of St. Uriel, its final issue, and there's a shield alongside it The last of the four issues in Coin's Today's beautiful Angelic Weapons series debuts today, and is probably the most extravagant and impressive of the four. An exotic mix of blade and angel wing, all attached [...]
The Valkyries range joins their namesake in Valhalla, as Arnhild marks the conclusion of Germania Mint's silver coin series Another series starts off 2025 by ending, sadly, and here it's Arnhild, who ends the four-coin series 'Valkyries' from Germania Mint. These Valkyries, who carried the souls of the bravest fallen Norse warriors from the battlefield to [...]
Representing the Fire Elemental, the Salamander concludes Art Mint's four issue Elementals silver coin series Art Mint's four-coin showcase of the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, concludes with the elemental associated with fire. This pretty series is based around the ideas postulated by the 16th century Swiss physician, alchemist-philosopher, Paracelsus, created during the [...]
